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Leadership Opportunities

Crew Leader

Southwest Conservation Corps’ Crew Leaders perform many roles and are the key to our program’s success. The position is multi-faceted and demanding, but with opportunity for enormous rewards. Successful candidates will demonstrate resourcefulness, effective communication skills, excellent judgement, maturity, initiative, professionalism, and the desire to devote themselves to a crew experience where the needs of others are placed above oneself. The Crew Leader position requires, mentorship, patience, technical aptitude, focus on efficiency, and a high level of comfort in the outdoors. Crew Leaders are ultimately responsible for successes and short-comings of the crew.

AmeriCorps Crew Leader Development Program

Based in Durango and Salida, the Crew Leader Development Program engages members with some previous experience to complete a variety of conservation projects while also receiving training and certifications to help prepare them for leadership roles with SCC or other conservation corps.

Field Supervisors & Field Technicians • Four Corners & Los Valles Regions

PositionLocationDates of ServiceApplication
Field TechnicianSalida, COMarch 31st - November 14th, 2025Apply here!

Adult Program Leadership • Four Corners & Los Valles Regions

PositionLocationDates of ServiceApplication
Conservation Crew LeaderSalida, COMay 12th - October 31st, 2025Apply here!
Conservation Crew Leader Development Program (CLDP)Salida, COMay 12th - October 31st, 2025Apply here!
Conservation Crew LeaderDurango, COMarch 24th - November 7th, 2025Apply here!
Conservation Crew Leader Development Program (CLDP)Durango, COMarch 24th - November 7th, 2025Apply here!
Invasive Plant Management Crew LeaderDurango, COMarch 24th - August 22nd, 2025Apply here!

Youth Program Leadership • Four Corners & Los Valles Regions

PositionLocationDates of ServiceApplication
Youth Crew Leader (High School Crews)Salida, COMay 5th - August 6th, 2025Apply here!
Youth Crew Leader Development Program (High School Crews)Salida, COMay 5th - August 6th, 2025Apply here!
Youth Crew Leader (High School Crews)Durango, CO March 24th - August 8th, 2025Apply here!
Youth Crew Leader Development Program (High School Crews)
Durango, COMarch 24th - August 8th, 2025Apply here!
Youth Service-Learning Crew Leader (Middle School Crews)Durango, COMay 6th - August 8th, 2025Apply here!

Small Teams Leadership • Ecological Monitoring, Strike Team, & Watershed Programs

PositionLocationDates of ServiceApplication
Ecological Monitoring Crew Leader (Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring) Dolores, Montrose, Grand Junction, Gunnison, Canon City, or Monte Vista, COMarch 28 - October 31st, 2025 Apply here!
Ecological Monitoring Crew Leader (Fuels Reduction and Wildfire Rehabilitation)Montrose, COMarch 31st - October 31st, 2025Apply here!
Ecological Monitoring Crew Leader (Sage Grouse Habitat Framework Assessment)Montrose, CO and Grand Junction, COMarch 31st - October 31st, 2025Apply here!
Multi-Watershed Monitoring Crew LeaderDurango, COMarch 17th - October 24th, 2025Apply here!
Dolores River Restoration Partnership Strike Team Crew LeaderDurango, COMarch 24th - November 14th, 2025Apply here!

Veterans Fire Corps Leadership • Four Corners & Los Valles Regions

There are currently no open positions; please check back at a later date.

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